Magazine Cover | COMPLETE!

Although the deadline is a little late, finally the magazine cover is complete. With our antagonist character consuming the page, we've also included other elements which relate to the horror genre. The tweaking and updating took a lot of hard work, mostly for the main photograph since the quality kept down grading, furthermore trying to force the magazine title behind our antagonists head. This involved constant tutorial searches on the internet, primarily on how inDesign works in synergy with Photoshop and Illustrator. It turned out, we had to save the photo as a PDF file, after deleting the black background we didn't need around his head. After bypassing that obstacle, the next was to work on the text and typography. We all weren't as used to Adobe Indesign compared to Photoshop and Illustrator, so we all had to quickly learn how to work it to our needs. We learned a few new things about the software, specifically how and when to use the tool Edit/Place to import photos and images. We also learned about image qualities, and how it is manipulated by the press of a button. The main problem we faced with InDesign was the 'links' and how images are primarily not in focus because they lost the link to its file. There were so many obstacles, but we managed to over come them all to create a convincing magazine cover. Our choices of layout, type and colour came from a specific cover of empire magazine. The image is displayed below:

Our final magazine cover:

15-03-2013

Today we have started our evaluation questions however we are still working on our magazine! This is because we are trying out different things to make it that extra bit better!

We have also delegated different evaluation questions and have decided how we will tackle them. With the poster complete and the trailer pretty much there, the magazine is the last thing to do which will be done by next week. (Well we hope so)!

SLOGANS! + Completed Poster

So we finally managed to get the poster done today. After some last minute alterations to the original image, fixing the blur effect and sorting out the size, we inserted the appropriate text needed to make the poster look more like a real film poster. The image below consists of the first draft completed poster.

(Poster Draft 1)

The next piece is our final completed poster. The only alterations done, was the slogan we had. Looking at our previous slogan, 'No identity. No remorse. No hope,' we all thought that it was kinder basic, and common. So we mind mapped our movie, picked out certain elements and went with 'The legend exists', because our movie is in fact based off the legend of Slenderman, and that the legend, DOES actually exist in or films world. 

(Final Poster)

Magazine Draft 1

This is our first draft for our magazine. We have called our magazine Take as in what the director says after filming a scene to fit in with the cinema theme. We have put in a qr code and barcode to make it more realistic as what you would get in a normal magazine in circulation. We have also added more topics on the front cover other than the film itself to make it more topical like the top 10 horror characters to fit in with the horror genre.

What we plan to do next is add the title for the movie and put it in the middle and then add more words like the magazine slogan and make it focused more towards our film in general.  

Horror trailer 1st draft

After hours of deliberation we've finally arrived with the concluding product of our horror trailer. However the final edition of the trailer may be altered and due to change with the pending results of audience feedback.

Magazine Update

After many attempts to try and get this picture perfect for our magazine front cover we have given up on it (insert sad face). Due to the busy background of trees and branches, we have found it difficult to find the right editing that would make the writing on the magazine stand out so we have changed the picture.

This is the photo that we now want to use as the background. Although dark, it is easier to work with and put writing and the title on due to the fact it would stand out better. This is because with the other photo, the writing was near enough impossible to read because of the branches and trees getting in the way!

Radial Blur Tool | Photoshop

Last week in one of my graphics sessions, we learned about the various blur tools that Photoshop CS6 offered. There are so many, for example Box Blur, Gaussian Blue, Lens Blur, but the one that caught our attention was the Radial Blur tool. This enables a very dynamic view and intense view upon the image, and we thought we'd test it out on the mask image we've decided to use in for the main teaser poster.

(Test)

Tip of the Iceberg

Well, new month, new term (sort of) and its time to get started on the evaluation... that is, until we complete the Poster and Magazine cover in time! Now that Matt has completed the editing on the trailer, and is ready to upload, Alice and Sam are going to focus today finishing off what needs to be done. Since Matt is unable to attend today's lesson due to an illness, we have sent him via text some evaluation questions to complete whilst he is at home. All the work is fairly split between our group now which is group, though its not promising we'll be able to complete the magazine cover in time, furthermore get opinions and feedback on all of the work we have done. We can do this by posting on facebook, or tumblr to see if anyone responds... if not, then we'll need to do it the old fashioned way and get written notes from friends depicting their opinions on it.

We're truly on the tip of the iceberg at this time, and we've only got four more lessons until EVERYTHING must be completed and swept off the table. After that, revision of the exam begins, and so we haven't got much time. We need to get our working hats on!
Anyways today, Alice hopes to sort out and complete the film poster, whilst sort out the image with Sam for the Magazine. That'll get most of the work done and sorted, and so by this time next week, we'll be able to complete the magazine and get started on the Evaluation, which i think wont take as much time as the production stage were at now.